Bottle cooleb



June 24, 1930. v J. M SCHI LLING 1,766,547

BOTTLE COOLER Filed Sept. 21, 1927 2 heets-Sheet. l

INVENTOR.

L/OHN M. \SCHILLING A TTORNEY.

june 24, 1930. scHlLLlNG Q 1,766,547

BOTTLE COOLER Filed Sept. 21, 1927 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 F' A I i 15 14a,

. 24 i 2% I I INVENTOR. JOHN M. \SCHILI ING ATTORNEY.

' sible to remove a second cooled Patented June 24, 1939 FATE JGHN l'i'l'. SOEILLING, OF LIMA, 01. .10

BOTTLE COGLER Application filed. September 2 My invention relates to an improved construction of cooler for bottled soft drinks by which filled bottles may be contained n carriers in a cooling tank and moved through the tank to have effectively exerted upon them the cooling action of the refrigerant in the tank, providing that there may be preferably a plurality of these carriers, one for each particular kind or soft drink to e cooled, and further that the removal of a cooled bottle from any one of the carriers must necessarily be followed by the insertion of anotl bottle to be cooled, before it is posbottle from the same carrier, whici result 1 accomplish withou opera -ng or controlling mechanism of any kind. A further object of my invention is to provide a carrier construction which is simple, novel and effective.

My invention wi l best be understood by reference to the accompar i" 3 drawings showing a preferred cmbociincnt thereof in which F 1 shows my cooler in )lan view; Fig. 2 shows my cooler in front elevation; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View through the cooler taken along the line 33 in Figs. 2 and l;

Fig. 4 is a sectional v ew of the parts shown ii- Fig. 3 take ale; 5 the line l i; Fig. is a id elevation to an enlarged scale or one s e of the carrier drums;

view ol the parts Fig. 6 n a sectional shown in J taiioi along the line 6-6,

and

Fig. 7 is a sectional. view of a part of the cover and parts adjacent thereto taken alon the line T7 in Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, my cooler consists of a rabinet 1(7 of wood or metal as preferred, having a removable cover 11 enclosing the entire top of the cabinet, and a rack 12 mounted in upright position. over the rear por ion of the cabinet and containing a plurahcy or vertical partitions 13 for maintaining bottles 1-1; in verticalrows, these bottles containing the soft drinks to be my. construction. further space, these drums being 1, 1927. Serial No 220,896.

cooled and preferably arranged according to flavor or kind, one kind being conveniently kept in each vertical row, which rows may be designated if desired, by numerals as indicated in Fig. 2 on the edge of the top 55 member of the rack.

As indicated in Fig. 1 the cover 11 is provided with a plurality of service doors 15, 16, l? and 18, sothat one of these service doors is opened when it is desired to remove 6O a cooled bottl from the cooler, the particular one of the service doors which is opened depending on the flavor or kind of drink that is desired. The service doors are preferably hinged to the main coverll as indi- 65 cated, but if desired, the hinges may be omitted. To facilitate the selection of the clesircd kind of drink, the service doors may be provided with numerals corresponding with the numerals on the rack 12, indicat-- 70 ing the kinds of drinl's available through i the service doors immediately below the numer is on them. The service doors 16 and 17 are SOljilltltCtl a substantial distance, and between them, the cover 11 is provided with .75 a removable icing cover 19 which may be removed without interfering with the service doors or the main cover 11, to place ice in the cooler.

Within the cooler, a plurality of carrier ,50 drums 20 is disposed on each side of an ice disposed in vertical planes and two of them being preferably disposcd under each of the service doors referred to.

As indicated in Figs. 3 and l, the cabinet 10 is provided with an inner lining forming a tank 21, preferably of metal and water tight to contain the refrigerant which preferably consists oi? water containing ice. Be- O tween the inner and outer walls of the cabinot, a filling of good heat insulating material is used as indicated at 22, for example ground cork. Each group of carrier drums 10 '15 mounted in a framework of skelcton ab' formation consisting of a first member 23 ot' rectangular conformation to rest against the front and rear walls of the tank 21, which member is disposed in a ubstantially horizontal plane, and a second member 24 which .100

is U-shaped and disposed in a. vertical plane with its mid portion resting on the bottom of the tank 21. At least one leg of each member 2:1. is preferably extended upwardly beyond the member 23, to engage parts of the structure to hold the framework in place in the tank, for example as shown in Fig. 7, where the members 24 are extended upwardly adjacent the lJ2ll:- 25 extending across the top of the tank adjacent the edges of the icing cover 19. To facilitate convenient removal of the carrier supporting frames, the member. 24 may be conveniently secured to the bars -5 by bolts and thumb nuts as indicated. The members 23 and 24; are preferably of metal and rigidly secured to each other at their crossing points, at which points they are bored to receive the ends of a shaft 26 extending through the carrier drums to support them for turning movement. As indicated in Fig. 6, the ends of the shaft 26 are preferably shouldered as indicated at 26 to positively retain the shaft in lace in the supporting framework.

ach of the carrier drums Q0 preferably constructed as indicated in Figs. and G of sheet metal as follows: each drum consists of two sheet metal disks 27, having central tlXItlll'QS engaging the end portions of a sleeve 28, projecting sutticiently beyond the outer surfaces of. the disks 2? to prevent the drum rubbing against the supporting frame work and adjacent carrier drum, or against the adjacent drums as the casemay be. Between the outer portions of the disks 2?, radial partitions 29 are disposed, the size of the drum and the number of these partitions being so taken that the distance between two adjacent partitions circumterentially at the outer edge of the drum will be slightly greater than the outside diameter of the bottles to he handled by the drum, and further, so that the circumferential spacing between the partitions adjacent their inner ends will be but slightly greater than the outside diameter of the caps used to seal the bottles. Between the inner ends of each adjacent pair of partitions 29, I dispose cireumferentially a bottom member 30 of sheet metal, for the corresponding bottle compartment in the drum, these bottom members 30 being separated enough to permit the inner ends of the partition members 29 to pass freely between them and be retained in plae by them. The radial distance from the-bottom members 30 to the outer edges of the disks 27 is so taken that the relation of each pair of partitions 29 to the adjacent bottle above described, is secured. To conveniently, quickly and effectively construct the drums, the partitions 29 are provided at their outer edges with pairs of lugs or cars 29", one pair for each disk. to extend through corresponding slots punched in the disks, one slot serving for each pair of cars. The

ends of the bottom members 30 are similarly provided with pairs of lugs or cars- 30'', to pass through corrcs mnding slots in the disks 27, it being preferable that these slots in the disks 27 shall be arranged so that each will receive a lug of two adjacent bottom members 30, to simplify the punching of the slots in the disks. This permits the lugs 31) to be on the extreme edges of the end portions of the bottom members, with a substantial separation between the lugs of each pair. Since the disks 2? are in parallel relation and necessarily separated a distance slightly greater than the outside diameter of the body portion of the bottles to be handled by the drum, I find it desirable to center the neck of the bottle in its compartment in the drum axially of the drum, and this I do by punching from the disks 27, tongues 31 and pressing them downwardly and inwardly towards the bottom members 30 as indicated in Fig. 6, a tongue being so formed from each disk between each adjacent pair of partitions 29. These tongues 31 are so formed and positioned after being inwardly bent against the bottom members 30, that the distance between the inner ends of each pair of tongues is slightly greater than the outside diameter of the bottle caps used to seal the bottles to be placed in the drums. As a result of this cruistruction, when bottles are placed in the drums in the positions indicated at 14 in Figs. 3 and 4, undue displacement of the bottles from radial positions. is prevented.

In making the drums, I find it desirable to first ins-rt the lugs 10" of the bottom members t, through the two disks 27 of any drum and bend them securely against the disks. This permits the insertion of the partitions one after another. bv springing the din s 27 away from each other. and after all of the partitions have been inserted. with their inner ends between the bottom members as described and their lugs 21)" extending through the disks, said lu s are bent over firmly against the outer surface o l' the disks 9? and thus the entire structure is positively secured together. The sleeve 28 may then be inserted and the entire structure further held together by soldering or by a tinning bath. It will be observed that the forming of the tongues- 31 in the manner indicated leaves corrcspomling apertures 31 in the disxs 27 and that further u wertimes 31" are also formed through the disks. The function of these apertures will be described later.

Each supporting framework constructed as above described, and consisting of the members 23 and besides carrvin' a plu' rality of carrier drums constructed above described, is provided with a pluralitv of glude rods 32 secured at their mid portions and end portions to the members 24- and 2 5 respectively of the framework. As indi ated in Fig'. each guide rod 32 is of genopening the corresponding service door, and orally semi-circuiar conformation and suba warm bottle may then be inserted in the stantialiy eon-en c with the orum, one or empty c i mpartment in the Carrie drum. these guide rods being secured to the sup- The complete operatioi oi its in ()i'JQil'iiiQ; porting; framework substantially in a plane service door, rcn cooled botti'irough the mid portion of each drum. orting a Warn boile 1o 1: cooied,and The radial distance between each guide rod ti )3; means of the r pressing and the corresponding drum. 20 is prefera nst the warm bottl to re the carrier ably s1 cit that Tier e is a slight ciearance dn 1 bring the R821; cooied bottle under between the bottom of: a bettie in piace in he service door. The servic door openings the drum, and the guide rad so that a, the ar of but siigihtiy greater size from drum is rotate with bctties in place theref1 car, than the outside dizuneter of in, the bottles will siide on the guide recs t irndicd by the carrier drums in passing through the lower part of their arm ii clearance is ro'. ided between rotation with the drum. It is desirable that th e b tties ind the inner sur- 30 1i. This prevents the ends of the guide rods be ben weirdly somewhat to slightly increase the n' )DGFL'UOD7 a greater clearance between the bottoms ot the botties C' orresponding to unit q u k and the guide rods, to insure asy and posi- 1 any (ruin 21 id it two entrance of the bottles into engage nent 1 iy necessary to move with the guide rods. Since the guide rods ti. one bottle a time, are in frictional engagement v11 h. the bottles d 4 dimensions referred being mored by the drims open them, it 38 i ,5: to ecure the next 1 d 1 -niti'io (1 v -x T g'i 0} JP 110 v v f LUSAA'MJJiG L'll(iu Lip' o1 LiuCG Oi ell rr binvilu -c- (203559 131 [,0 lQ d @116 tween th botti s and the rods be re hiced egcr'ibedi a nd thus oft a eidl therefore pre'ierto coneach dr m i ins" c s f a cross section ostaocrating or controlling iis b i land. It wili be obb cros 830M011 rv e i-on of the drums is T. i rnFlc' 39 nary 4 .QH 11 q H v -x J- r A L i 4, we snap e. 11m eneimoie, t lat 1b 10 1 i i"r 'i'. r

e e s sect i mat ihat it permits rotating he drums '1 n i n ii mil coo 19in Q cuon, or as much as desired I ore rerabiy secure "from ny drunr trons oi the support; i i .i re a cusem u. m m 4. 1 i braced ic L Luis i'e no, been somc- 10o i C l 0 the tank 21. to dchnc b i i p J E 5 ing nearl I l 1 bit ot as cooi as the cornthem the space n \vLich trio 19 mjd pietely cooiod hot n voi'dd be. It wiii'iurconhncdflhe perroritionsin tneoiatesbemo' they b (USU-Va i thi is a complete too smaii to p absncc of sprin 1 operating mechanism 1 H 4. a 7 K (121019 P oi: any kind and i there is nothn to get the cooler, 1s prefer-J out (31"- order about the construction, the with and thm'elcm'e 1 1O oniy Vital the device is subject to bein the hfiii Of QflCil K'OtlltiOll Of any drum, tilC bQtrear {3 he C -un s n ghei sui xfij intr ies carried by it are subnlergec in the 3 r l L n whatever wear era-v occur on the water. The buoyant effect of the Water o the bott es matoriaiiy reduces the trier that would otherwise ceur bet veen bottles and the uid ods 32. The aber- I tures 31 one 31" in tne drum have shown my invention in the embodiment above des cod that I do not innit my- 1 Y on exactconstrue.

circulation or tne water throng p o .aients kno n to the art at the and arouim the bottles carried r I i b f h mi e hi p piicpf iop tfl efiectively cooling the bottles. 11.8111 the Scope i mg up the bottom members in each drun preferable that shght clearances be ie "t o L V p 1? a I 1 4 1 v i 1 I @0111 P ne Q p fi 11149211309155 1 1 iv cooicr, the combination of {(11116 M13308 gi fii'tllllonS Z197 solbili'ifl vi len :29.011 i 1- ontaining a ref igeyanta q P111- (if ml 13 mums to Fame 3118 bmbles rahty of drums contained 111 said tank ro- .oie independentiy of each other, each end d a id r; dial partinpartinents between the saic disks for *eceiving the of bottles to be 'lilfilgl' inwardly extendie bottom portions of said cooperating with said parti the cooling Water, the bottle con partment; will drain and surpius water will be removed from the botties before they are taken from the cooier.

Each of the service doors permits 1 access to the uppermost bottie in each 01 the two corresponding carrier drums, and a cooled bottle may 1' adiiy be removed by tions to maintain bottles in said compartments in radial arrang ment, a continuous rod in semi-circular form around the lower half of each drum forming a bearing sup port of small contact. surface for the bottoms of bottles carried by sa d drum, a frame work extending around said drums and secured to said semi-circular rods to support the same, and a shaft extending centrally through said drums to su iport the same and sup 'iortcd by said trznnework.

2. In a bottle cooler, the combination of a tank for containing a refrigerant, a pile rality of drums contained in said tank rotatable independently of each other, each drum comprising end disks and radial partitions forming compartmcnts between the outer portions of said disks fir receiving the necks and adjacent portio of bottles to be cooled, said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the botl'cm portions of said ci'impartmcnts cooperating with said partitions to maintain bottles in said compartmrnts in radial. arran ement, a continuous rod in semi-circular iorm around the lower half of each drnm forming a bearing support of small contact surface for they bottonn-i of boitlcs carried by said drum, a framework extending around said drums and secured to semi-circuair rods to support the same, a shaft extending centrally through said drums to support the. same and supported by said framework, and readily sep arable connecti ns between sa d "omcrmrk and said tank holding said drums in desired position in sai tank and pern itting remoral from said tank o said framework, said drums and said rods as an assembled Unit.

3. In a bottle cooler, the combination of a tank for containing a refrigerant. a plurality of drums contained in said tank rotatable independently of each other, each drum comprising end disks and radial partitions forming compartments between the outer portions of said disks for receiving the necks and adjacent portions of bottles to be cooled, said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the bottom portions of said compartinents cooperating: with said partitions to maintain bottles in said compartments in radial arrangement, a continuous rod in semi-circular form around the lov-er half of each drum forming a bearing support of small contact surface for the bottoms of bottles carried by said drum, a framework extending around said drums and secured to said semi-circular rods to support the same, a shaft extending centrally through said drums to support the same and supported by said ft'iUH(.\V()l'l(, a main cover entirely covering said tank. and a service door in said Inain cover giving access to but one bottle at a time in any one of said drums.

4. In a bottle cooler, the combination of a tank for containing a refrigerant, a plurality of drums contained in said tank rot atable independently of each other, each drum comprising end disks and radial partitions forming compartments between the outer portions of said disks for receiving the ncc and adjacent portions of bottles to be cooled. said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the bottom portions of said compartments cooperating with said partitions to maintain bottles in said compartments in radial arrangement, a continuous rod in semi-circular form around the lower half of each drum forming a bearing support of small contact surface for the bottoms of bottles carried by said drum, a franwwork extending around said drums and secured to said semi-circular rods to support the same. a shaft extending centrally through said drums to support the same and supported by said framework, a main cover entirely covering said tank, and a service door in said main cover giving access to but one bottle at a time in any one of said drums, each of said service doors giving access to the bottles in two of said drums.

5. In a bottle cooler, the combination of a tank for containing a refrigerant, a plurality of drums contained in said tank rotatable independcntlv of each other, each drum comprising end disks and radial partitions forming compartments between the outer portions of said disks for receiving the neck: and adjacent portions of bottles to be cooled. said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the bottom portions of said com- [)tlltlHOHts cooperating with said partitions to maintain bottles in said com 'iartaicnts in radial arrangement, a continuous rod in semi-circular form around the lower half of each drum forming a bearing support of small contact surface for the bottoms of bottles carried by said drum, a framework extending around said drums and secured to said SClIll-CilClllill rods to support; the some. and a shaft extending centrally through said drums to support the same and supported by said framework, each of said drums also comprising a bottom wall for each of its bottle compartments and secured to the disk of said drum, said bottom walls being inde pendent of each other and separated sutii ciently to permit the inner ends of said pa r-- titions to extend between them to iraintain the inner ends of said partitions in radial lines.

6. In a bottle cooler, the combination of a tank for containing a refrigerant, a plurality of drums contained in said tank rotatable inde wndently of each other, each drum comprising end disks and radial partitions forming compartments between the outer portions of said disks for receiving the neck and adjacent portions of bottles to be cooled, said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the bottom portions of said compartments cooperating with said partitions to maintain bottles in said compartments in radial arrangement, a continuous rod in semi-circular form around the lower half of each drum forming a bearing support of small contact surface for the bottoms of bottles carried by said drum, a framework extending around said drums and secured to said semi-circular rods to support the same, and a shaft extending centrally through said drums to support the same and supported by said framework, each of said drums also comprising a bottom wall for each of its bottle compartments and-secured to the disks of said drum, said bottom walls being independent of each other and separated'sufiiciently to permit the inner ends of said partitions to extend between them to maintain the inner ends of said partitions in radial lines, said partitions having side lugs at their outer ends and said bottom walls having end lugs extending through the disks of the corresponding drum and bent over against the outer surfaces of said disks.

7. in a bottle cooler, the combination of a tank for containing a refrigerant, a plurality of drums contained in said tank rotatr Lie independently of; each other, each drum comprising end. disks and radial partitions forming compartments between the outer portions of said disks for receiving the necks and adjacent portions of bottles to be cooled, said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the bottom portions of said compartments cooperating with said partitions to maintain bottles in said compartments in radial arrangement, acontinuous rod in semi-circular form around the lower half of each drum for-min a bearing support of em contact sin-race for the bottoms of been i riedby said drum, a trainer-Jerk eaten ing around said drums and secured to d stain-circular rods to support the and shaft extending centrall through said drums to,snpport the s V tongues compri ing integal parts of the corrospondin disks and cut thererrom and adjacent portions of bottles to be cooled, said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the bottom portions of said compartments cooperating with sa1d,part1t10ns to maintain bottles in said compartments in radial arrangement, a continuous rod in semicircular form around the lower half of each drum formiin a bearing support of small contactsurface for the bottoms of bottles carried by said drum, a framework extending around said drums and secured to said semi-circular rods to support the same, a shaft extending centrally through said drums to support the same and supported by said framework, said drums and said framework comprising a first assembled unit at one side of said tank, a second and similar assembled unit at the other side of said tank and sepa; ited from said first unit leaving ice compartment in said ank, and a vertical perforated wall along each of said frameworks adjacent said ice eompartn'ient peventing engagement between ice in said tank and said drums and the bottles carried thereby.

9. In a bottle c oler, the combination of a tank for containing a refrigerant, a plur lity of drums contained in said tank rotatable independently of each other, each drum conun'ising end disks and radial partitions forming compartments between the outer portions of said disks for receiving the necks and adjacent portions of bottles to be cooled, said disks having inwardly extending tongues at the bottom portions of said compartments cooperating with said partitions to maintain bottles in said compartments in radi arrangement, a continuous rod in semi-circular form around the lower half of each drum formin a bearing support of small contact surface for the bottoms of bottles carried by said drum, a framework extending around said drums and secured to said semi-circularrods to support the same, and a shaft extending centrally through said drums to support the same and supported by said framework each of said drums'having a central bearing comprising a sleeve extending through said disks and secured thereto and projecting therefrom to effect clearance spaces between adjacent ones of said drums and between said drums and the ends of said framework, and said shaft beinga free fit in said sleeves and having shouldered ends retaining itin said framework. v I

10. A carrier drum for a bottle cooler, comprising the combination of end disks of sheet metal, radialpartitions of sheet metal between and secured to said disks and sepa rated angularly substantially the diameter of the neck and adjacent portions of bottles to be carried by said drum, and tongues of sheet metal extending obliquely between said partitions to engage the neck portions of said bottles axially of said drum to maintain the axes of said bottles substantially in radial lines in the same plane.

1 1; A carrier drum for a bottle cooler, comprising the combination of end disks of sheet metal, radial partitions of sheet metal between and secured to said disks and separated angularly substantially the diameter of the neck and adjacent portions of bottles to be carried by said drum, tongues of sheet metal extending obliquely between said partitions to engage the neck portions of said bottles axially of said drum to maintain the axes of said bottles substantially in radial lines in the same plane, and bottom walls of sheet metal between said disks and secured thereto and separated sufficiently to permit the inner ends of said partitions to extend freely between them.

12. A carrier drum for a bottle cooler, comprising the combination of end disks of sheet metal, radial partitions of sheet metal between and secured to said disks and separated angular-1y substantially the diameter of the neck and adjacent portions of bottles to be carried by said drum, tongues of sheet metal extending obliquely between said partitions to engage the neck portions of said bottles axially of said drum to maintain the axes of said bottles substantially in radial lines in the same plane, and bottom walls of sheet metal between said disks and secured thereto and separated sutlicicntly to permit the inner ends of said partitions to extend freely between them, said partitions having edge lugs adjacent their outer ends extending' throlwh said disks and bent against; the outer surIaces of the latter, the inner ends of said partitions being held in place by said bottom walls.

13. A carrier drum for a bottle cooler, comprising the combinatioi'i of end disks of sheet metal, radial partitions of sheet metal between and secured to said disks and separated angularly substantially the diameter of the neck and adjacent portions of bottles to be carried by said drum, and tongues of sheet metal extending obliquely inwardly from said disks between said partitions to engage the neck portions of said bottles axially of said drum to maintain the axes of said bottles substantially in radial lines in the same plane, said tongues being cut from said disks and integral therewith and leaving circulation openings in said disks.

14. A carrier drmn for a bottle cooler, comprising the combination of end disks of sheet metal, radial partitions of sheet metal between and secured to said disks and separated angularly substantially the diameter of the neck and adjacent portions of bottles to be carried by said drum, tongues of sheet metal extending obliquely between said partitions to engage the neck portions of said bottles axially of said drum to maintain the axes of said bottles substantially in radial lines in the same plane, and a sleeve extending centrally through said disks and secured thereto to form a bearing for said drum.

15. In a bottle cooler, a bottle carrier assembly comprising a skeleton framework, a

shaft carried by said framework, a drum rotai on said shaft, said drum having outward y opening radial com artments to receive the neck portions 0 bottles, and a curved guide rod around substantially half of said drum to engage the bottoms of bottles in said compartments, said guide rod being secured to said framework and constituting a continuous guideway from end to end, said guide rod being of a cross section establishing single line contactwith the bottles engaging it.

16. In a bottle cooler, a bottle carrier as sembly comprising a skeleton framework, a shaft carried by said framework, a plurality of drums individually rotatable on said shaft, each of said drums having outwardly opening radial con'ipartments to receive the neck portions of bottles, and a curved guide rod around substantially half of each drmn to engage the bottoms of bottles in its compartments, each of said guide rods being secured to said framework and constituting a continuous guideway from end to end, each of said drums having a central sleeve comprising its bearing on said shaft and extending beyond the sides of its drum to maintain clearance spaces between said drums and between said framework and said drums.

17. In a bottle cooler, a bottle carrier assembly comprising a skeleton framework, a shaft carried by said framework, a plurality of drmns individually rotatable on said shaft, each of said drums having outwardly opening radial compartments to receive the neck portions of bottles, and a curved guide rod around substantially half of each drum to engage the bottoms of bottles in its compartments, each of said guide rods being secured to said framework and constituting a continuous guideway from end to end, said shaft having shouldered ends engaging said framework to retain said shaft in place therein.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 12th day of September, A. D.

JOHN M. SCHILLING. 

